GW5 Buying Guide

The following is my Buying Guide for GW5 looking at short term and mid-term buy options up to and including GW10 at the beginning of November.   I will recommend my top picks in each position regardless of price, so typically the elite players, as well as my budget picks in each position for the forthcoming fixtures.   All players represent value for their price.

Following this I'll look at the all important captain choice, presenting the likely top candidates for your armband pick over the next 6 weeks with an overview of their relative fixture strength.  I'm not going to get into any much commentary at this time, as none really needed.  I will provide a bit more detail on my picks in the future when the season's data is a bit more mature.

The Buying Guide will be a regular feature on the blog as a page on the top menu.

For a quick fix take a look at my GW 5 Select XI.

Short-Term (GW 5 to 7)

Defenders - Baines, Ivanovic, Rangel, Rafael,

Midfielders - Cazorla, Hazard, Silva, Bale, Ben Arfa, Nolan, Morrison, Pienaar

Forwards - Ba, Berbatov, Tevez, Defoe

Budget
FWD: Lambert, Rodallega  
MIDS: Sidwell, Ireland, Puncheon  
DEF: Clark, Ben Davies, Fox, Naughton, Demel

Wild Punt:  Lukaka

Mid-Term (GW 5 to 10)

Defenders - Baines, Rafael, Gibbs, Glen Johnson

Midfielders - Cazorla, Hazard, Silva, Bale, Nolan

Forwards - Berbatov, Ba, Suarez, Tevez, Defoe

Budget
FWD:  Lambert, Rodallega, Weimann  
MID:  Shelvey, Maloney, Sidwell, Guthrie  
DEF:  Clark, Harte, Naughton

Wild Punt:  Shelvey

Captain Options (GW 5 -10)  The green/red indicates the top or bottom ranked  fixtures in each gameweek relative to the other players/fixtures.